Life Sciences

Biosphere 2 Ocean- A Living Lab In The Desert

habitat collapsed. The corals died and algae and bacterial mats took over, crowding out the reef.   Of all ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2014 - 5:00am

The Nature Versus Nurture Debate: Are You Born With Language Structure?

languages. These aspects might stem from linguistic principles that are active in all human brains. A natural ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2014 - 10:26am

Lipid Levels During Prenatal Brain Development Implicated In Autism

"Interestingly, all these genes have been previously implicated in various autism studies." Autism is ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2014 - 6:31pm

What's Missing From The World's Largest Cephalopod Exhibit

tropical octopuses are all showing up for work. The world's smallest cephalopod is on the billing. ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Apr 10 2014 - 11:52pm

Splice Variants Reveal New Connections Among Autism Genes

may also represent potential drug targets. All interaction data will reside in the publicly available ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2014 - 9:14am

Amakusaplana Acroporae: This Coral-Eating Worm May Mean Big Trouble For Reefs

distributed in coral cultures all over the word including regions bordering coral reefs. We do not know ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2014 - 9:45am

The Dual Role Of Carbon Dioxide In Photosynthesis

photosynthesis in an "artificial leaf", an integrated unit that connects all important processes. If ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2014 - 1:35pm

Sex Reversal: In Brazilian Cave Insects, Females Have The Penises

look. To learn more, the researchers observed the mating behavior of all four species to find that the ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2014 - 7:11pm

New MRSA Superbug In Brazil

responsible for the majority of skin and soft tissue infections (sores) in patients of all ages. Some of these ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2014 - 12:39pm

Reproduce Or Conquer The World? Bacterial Adventures In Theoretical Biophysics

model to more complex ecosystems, since it can, in principle, be transferred to all range-expansion ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2014 - 9:42am